Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

Incube Labs, LLC

Parade Technologies, Ltd.

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The Boeing Company

Cypress Microsystems, Inc.

Timothy John Williams

David Gordon Wright

Harold Kutz

Warren S Snyder

Bruce E Byrkett

Eashwar Thiagarajan

Mark E Hastings

Bert Sullam

James H Shutt

Monte F Mar

Dennis Raymond Seguine

Gregory John Verge

Nathan Wayne Kohagen

Jeffrey D Wick

Kaveh Hosseini

Mir A Imran

Glen W McLaughlin

Roman Ogirko

Mir Hashim

Eric N Mann

Joel M Harris

Radhika Korupolu

Denis Ellis

Sanjay V Patel

Chang Jin Ong

Brendan Lawton

Michael Sheets

Gabriel Rowe

Lu Wang

Huma Arastu

Rekha Vaidyanathan

Andrew Mangogna

Edward L Grivna

Hans Klein

Steven Philip Larky

Toru Miyamae

Ravindra Manohar Kapre

David Michael Rogers

Sungkwon Lee

Andrew C Page

Warren S Synder

Eric D Blom

Melany Ann Richmond

Dung Ho

Eric Lee Swindlehurst

Yan Yi

Ryuta Nagai

Mimi Xuefeng Zhao Qian

Boo Chin-Hua

Tsunglun Steve Yu

Andriy Maharyta

Ronald H Sartore

Bogdan I Georgescu

Erhan Hancioglu

Gary Peter Moscaluk

Craig Nemecek

Jonathan R Peterson

Jaskarn Singh Johal

Morgan Andrew Whately

Rajiv Singh

Nandakishore Raimar

Mohandas Palatholmana Sivadasan

George S LaRue

Michael Amundson

Greg Verge

Supreet Bhanja Deo

Jeffrey Erickson

Robert Walter Metzler, Jr

Eashwar Thiagaragen

Pat Madden

An electrostatic discharge protection circuit capable of clamping both positive and negative ESD events and passing signals is provided. Generally, the circuit includes a p-channel field-effect transistor (PFET) clamp coupled to a pin to be protected, the PFET clamp including a plurality of PFETs in a DN-well, an n-channel field-effect transistors (NFET) clamp coupled between ground and the pin through the PFET clamp, the NFET clamp including a plurality of NFETs coupled in series, and a bias network for biasing a voltage of the DN well to substantially equal a voltage on the pin when the voltage on the pin is greater than ground potential, and to ground potential when the pin voltage is less than ground potential. The plurality of are PFETs coupled in parallel between the pin and the NFET clamp, each of the PFETs is coupled to the pin though one of a plurality ballast resistors.

ESD protection circuit

A capacitance-sensing circuit may include a channel input associated with measuring a capacitance of a unit cell of a capacitive sense array. The capacitance-sensing circuit may also include a capacitive hardware baseliner that is coupled to the channel input. The capacitive hardware baseliner generates a baseline current based on a time constant of the channel input associated with the measuring of the capacitance of the element of the capacitive sense array using the programmable baseline resistor. The capacitive hardware baseliner provides the baseline current at the channel input to provide a charge for a sense capacitor. A change in the charge of the sense capacitor is provided by the baseline current indicating a presence of a tough object proximate to the element.

Providing a baseline capacitance for a capacitance sensing channel

A microcontroller comprises a plurality of digital peripheral blocks and a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled thereto. The plurality of digital peripheral blocks includes a digital peripheral block that is configured to issue a DMA request. Upon receipt of the DMA request, the DMA controller is configured to retrieve configuration information and to write the configuration information to a configuration register associated with a circuit element of the microcontroller.

Combined analog architecture and functionality in a mixed-signal array

A programmable input/output (I/O) circuit includes an output buffer coupled between an output signal and an I/O pad and an input comparator coupled between an input signal and the I/O pad. The input comparator includes a first input coupled to the I/O pad. A multiplexor receives a select signal for selecting a first reference voltage from the plurality of reference voltages at a first time and for dynamically selecting a second reference voltage from the plurality of reference voltages at a second time.

Programmable input/output circuit

A capacitance-sensing circuit may include a channel input associated with measuring a capacitance of a unit cell of a capacitive sense array. The capacitance-sensing circuit may also include a capacitive hardware baseliner that is coupled to the channel input. The capacitive hardware baseliner includes a programmable baseline resistor, and a buffer with an input coupled to the programmable baseline resistor and an output coupled to the channel input. The capacitive hardware baseliner generates a baseline current based on a time constant of the channel input associated with the measuring of the capacitance of the element of the capacitive sense array using the programmable baseline resistor. The capacitive hardware baseliner provides the baseline current at the channel input to provide a charge for a sense capacitor. A change in the charge of the sense capacitor is provided by the baseline current indicating a presence of a touch object proximate to the element.

Various embodiments provide methods and systems for the biphasic iontophoretic transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents. An embodiment of a method for such delivery comprises positioning at least one electrode assembly in electrical communication with a patient's skin. The assembly includes a solution comprising a therapeutic agent which passively diffuses into the skin. A dose of agent is delivered from the assembly into the skin during a first period using a first current having a characteristic e.g., polarity and magnitude, to repel the agent out of the assembly. During a second period, a second current having a characteristic to attract the agent is used to retain the agent in the assembly such that delivery of agent into skin is minimized. A dose of agent may be delivered on demand by an input from the patient. Embodiments may be used for delivery of agents which cause adverse effects from unwanted passive diffusion.

System and method for biphasic transdermal iontophoretic therapeutic agents

A programmable device, having an analog component coupled with an analog bus and a digital component coupled with a digital bus together with a set of 10 pads, each of which capable of being coupled to a bus line of one segment of the analog bus as well as to at least one digital bus line, and where the analog bus is capable of being used to connect a pair of the pads to each other.

Bus sharing scheme

A programmable device comprises a plurality of programmable blocks, a debug interface coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks, a debug interface coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks, and a power manger coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks. The power manager is configured to supply power to a subset of the plurality of programmable blocks during debugging of the subset while maintaining a different subset of the plurality of programmable blocks in a lower power mode.

A apparatus, having a processing system and an input buffer coupled with both the processing system and one of two IO pads, and a reference buffer coupled to both the input buffer and the second of the IO pads such that the reference generator controls the input threshold of the input buffer in response to an analog voltage received from an external circuit on the second of the IO pads.

A programmable device comprises a plurality of programmable blocks, a debug interface coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks, and a power manager coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks. The power manager is configured to supply power to a subset of the plurality of programmable blocks during debugging of the subset while maintaining a different subset of the plurality of programmable blocks in a lower power mode.

A programmable system includes a programmable analog system that is reconfigurable to perform various analog operations, and includes a programmable digital system that is reconfigurable to perform various digital operations. The programmable system also includes a microcontroller capable of reconfiguring and controlling the programmable analog system and the programmable digital system. The programmable digital system is configured to control the programmable analog system autonomously of the microcontroller.

Autonomous control in a programmable system

System and method for biphasic transdermal iontophoretic delivery of therapeutic agents

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Timothy John Williams